What is a fango bath?

Question

What is a fango bath?

Answer 1

Fango mud is a volcanic, highly mineralized mud that is good for your skin. I have seen it in a powdered form which is added to the bath. In this way, the mud bath is not gooey and dirty like the ground after a rain. Rather, the bath water just contains the minerals and may smell a bit earthy- in a good way.

Answer 2

The "fango bath" as you called it is also known as a "bagnio al fango" or a mud bath. It is useful for many things and the mineral mud is usually applied warm to hot in temperature.

This is a common practice at many Italian spa's.